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The total investment of the project is as high as 319.8 billion yuan ( $50 billion USD), averagely ¥300 million ($47 million)per kilometer, rivaling the cost of the construction of city subways per kilometer, will become the world most expensive railway per kilometer construction cost wise.
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Amid European gas crisis, Natural gas pipelines have reached the remotest villages of China , the roof of the world in the Pamir Plateau in 2022. Local Tajik villagers now can enjoy clean natural gas for cooking and heating, the quality of life and living environment had been greatly improved.

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Russia planning new gas transit pipeline to China​

Russian gas monopoly Gazprom finalises technical details of gas transit pipeline in Mongolia as the company gears to grow Russian pipeline gas exports to China
26 January 2022 15:30 GMT

By Vladimir Afanasiev in Moscow

Russia's Gazprom has completed a study on the technical and economic feasibility of a second gas export pipeline to China, denominated Sila Sibiri 2.

According to the company’s statement, the study covers a 963 kilometre transit section of a pipeline known as Soyuz-Vostok.

This segment of the project will be built using 140 centimetre diametre pipes and will have five compressor stations to keep Russian gas flowing across Mongolia.

Russian analysts expect Gazprom is likely to order both pipes and pipelaying services from a narrow group of contractors that have been catering for the monopoly for years.

Gazprom said that it has employed local contractors for works on on-site research, engineering and environmental mapping along the projected route of the new pipeline that is planned to pass the capital Ulaanbaatar.

A representative of Gazprom-led operator of Soyuz-Vostok pipeline told Mongolia’s news agency Montsame that the construction will require around 12,000 builders at its peak, of which 20% are expected to be hired locally, with this number potentially rising to 50%.

Gazprom has yet to agree terms for gas price sales and volumes of annual supply in China, or on the route to continue the pipeline inside China, but the representative suggested that construction of the Soyuz-Vostok pipeline could begin in 2024.

Soyuz Vostok will be part of the Sila Sibiri 2 pipeline system that will extend for 6700 kilometres, allowing Gazprom to connect its prolific gas fields in the Yamal-Nenets region and deliver up to 50 billion cubic metres per annum of additional gas to China and its capital, Beijing.

Under an existing gas supply contract between Russia and China state-run Gazprom is already contracted to deliver up to 38 Bcm of gas per annum from 2025, with gas to be produced at the Chayanda and Kovykta fields in East Siberia and shipped via the Sila Sibiri pipeline.

Earlier in January, Gazprom said that its gas deliveries via Sila Sibiri to China are already running 150% higher than in the corresponding period of 20212, but did not provided any exact figures.

 

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Russia and China to discuss closer gas, financial ties during Putin visit, says Kremlin

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MOSCOW, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Russia and China will discuss closer gas and financial ties during President Vladimir Putin's trip to Beijing for the Winter Olympics, the Kremlin said on Wednesday, and a long-held idea for a new gas pipeline to China is being examined.

Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will have lunch together on Friday, and could sign more than 15 agreements, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters, with lots of new deals being prepared in relation to natural gas.

Competition got underway in the Beijing Winter Olympics on Wednesday as the shadow of war in Ukraine and the impending arrival of Putin, who will attend Friday's opening ceremony, loomed over an event already transformed by the coronavirus pandemic. read more

Ushakov said the possibility of Russia building a new gas pipeline to China through Mongolia was being looked at, a project that has been discussed for a long time and would take years to be fully realised.


Deliveries via an existing pipeline, the Power of Siberia, a 4,000 km (2,485 miles) project that transfers gas from eastern Russia to China, began in 2019. It took around a decade to reach an agreement on supply terms.

Some experts doubt that a second gas pipeline from Russia to China, which recently overtook Japan as the world’s largest importer of sea-borne liquefied natural gas, will come to pass.


But Putin's visit comes at a time when the reliability of Russian gas supplies to Europe is being questioned by some Western politicians and when Moscow is keen to show it potentially has other options even if they are not realistic overnight.

"It is worth noting that the Chinese gas market is the most promising and fastest growing in the world," said Ushakov.

Spot gas prices in Europe reached all-time highs in December amid soaring demand and limited supply.

Russian gas supplies to Europe have come under scrutiny as thousands of Russian troops have massed near the border of traditional gas transit nation Ukraine, raising fears of an invasion, something Moscow denies planning.

Western nations have threatened a slew of sanctions should Russia make an incursion onto Ukrainian territory. Ushakov said China supported Russia's effort to extract security demands from the West.

Ushakov also said Moscow and Beijing were making serious efforts tocreate joint financial infrastructure that could safeguard Russia-China cooperation from potential sanctions from third countries.

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov and Igor Sechin, CEO of oil major Rosneft (ROSN.MM) will be among the Russian delegation, Ushakov added.

 

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After Russia diverts all its gas to China, Europe will freeze, it's not without consequences to be US lackeys.
 

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These new gas pipelines in the border regions also mean more government supply, service and maintanence work.

Engineers work overnight to ensure houses well heated in Pamir Plateau region in cold winter nights.​

In the middle of Xinjiang's remote Pamir Plateau mountains, temperatuture drops to below minus 20 celsius , Engineers of heating department work night shifts to ensure every house being well heated in this remote mountain region in freezing winter nights.
When you warmly and comfortably fall in sleep in your warm, cozy house in freezing winter nights, do you know many work all night to make it happen.
 

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In Xinjiang Pamir Plateau mountain villges, plumbers work day and night to ensure water supply​

In Pamir Plateau mountain villges, plumbers work day and night in freezing winter to ensure running water supply for every house in the villages. Winter in this region is extremely cold, plumbers have to constantly check in various locations to ensure the water pipes are not frozen.

 

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CNN: Beneath the Great Wall of China lies the world's deepest high-speed railway station and the world's first self-driving high-speed train is already in action

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(CNN) — With the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics fast approaching, the world's first self-driving high-speed train is already in action, transporting athletes and officials between the two main cities hosting the games on the historic Beijing-Zhangjiakou intercity railway.

The fact that this bullet train can drive itself is remarkable enough. But partway through the 56-minute ride, it passes through another engineering marvel: the Badaling Great Wall Station.
Completed in 2019, the station is a stone's throw away from the entrance to Badaling, the most popular section of the centuries-old wall. To protect the iconic monument from structural damage, the railway line and its accompanying station were built deep underground.

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Buried 102 meters (335 feet) below ground and covering an area of more than 36,000 square meters, the three-story structure is said to be the world's deepest and largest underground high-speed railway station.

Constructing such a complex station, which includes a 12-kilometer-long (7.45 miles) tunnel system, under a UNESCO World Heritage site was no easy feat.

According to China's state media, engineers used an electronic detonator to precisely time the explosives down to the millisecond. It was the first time the technology was used in China, and allowed workers to maintain a vibration velocity of below 0.2 centimeters per second.

That means every explosion was precisely calculated to ensure the impact would be no stronger than a single footstep on the Great Wall.

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Starting in 2016, construction of the tunnel and the station took around three years to complete.

The high-speed railway shortens the journey from China's capital city to the Badaling Great Wall from around 1.5 hours -- traffic congestion could make that time far longer -- to around 27 minutes.

The station is a few minutes away from the Great Wall cable car station and around 800 meters (0.5 miles) from the starting point of the Badaling Great Wall. It's also home to China's second-longest escalator, stretching 88 meters long and 42 meters high.

Because of the distance to the train platform, the station gate is closed to ticket holders 12 minutes before the departure of the final train, instead of the usual five minutes in other stations in China, to ensure that the passengers have enough time to make their way through the massive station.

Will the Great Wall be making an appearance at the Winter Olympics?​

While there won't be any Olympics sporting events taking place anywhere near the Badaling Great Wall, it will be part of the torch relay, taking place February 2-4.
As a result the station, as well as the Badaling section of the wall, is closed on February 2 and 3.

Badaling isn't the only portion of the Great Wall that will make an appearance on TV screens as part of the Winter Olympics ceremonies.
Chongli district and Yanqing district, two areas with Winter Olympics villages, are also home to parts of the ancient barricade.
Some tracks at the National Ski Jumping Centre in Chongli are as close as 20 meters to the Great Wall, offering a historic view for the skiers competing in the games.
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The 108-mile-long Beijing-Zhangjiakou railway is served by a new high-speed electric multiple-unit (EMU) Fuxing train developed and operated by the state-owned China State Railway Group.
Unveiled in early January, it can run up to 350 kilometers (or 217 miles) per hour and cuts travel time between two of the main Olympics host cities from three hours to 56 minutes.

Though the high-speed train is autonomous, a monitoring driver is on board at all times. The train can automatically start, stop and adjust to the different speed limits between stations.
The train's eight cars are equipped with 5G signals, intelligent lighting and 2,718 sensors to collect real-time data and detect any operational abnormalities.

Special carriages were designed with the needs of athletes in mind. For instance, some cabins feature larger storage areas for winter sports equipment, which can be accessed by QR code.
In addition to the main rail line, there are also two branches, Yanqing and Chongli, that connect authorized passengers to two key Winter Olympic villages.

A 55-day closed-loop management system, which started from January 21, has been implemented so those heading to the Olympic Games do not share the same train carriages as other passengers on the line. (Read more about Beijing's ambitious Olympics "bubble" here.)

 

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The brand new, state-of-the-art Olympic version of the Fuxing (Rejuvenation) intelligent electric multiple unit (EMU) was specially tailored for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
The bullet train is the world's first intelligent and autonomous high-speed train with a 5G live broadcast studio on board. The eight-car EMU was customized for the upcoming Winter Olympics and can carry up to 564 passengers, reaching speed of 350 kilometers per hour.
The train features four classes of seating, including first, second and business classes, and a media studio. It will travel along the high-speed line linking Beijing and Olympic co-host Zhangjiakou City in north China's Hebei Province. The bullet train will serve multiple locations and shuttle athletes, staff and volunteers.
 

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China speed! China opened 12 subway lines in 9 cities in one month
This is a very incomplete list, major cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou's new subway lines opened in December 2021 are excluded from this list.


2021.12.17 Wuxi Metro Line 4
2021.12.17 Nanning Metro Line 5 fully automatic operation
2021.12.25 Luoyang Metro Line 2
2021.12.26 Wuhan Metro No. 5 Driverless No. 6 No. 16 Line 16 uses quantum encrypted communication technology
2021.12.26 Nanchang Metro Line 4
2021.12.28 Foshan Metro Line 2
2021.12.28 Shenzhen Metro Line 20 Driverless
2021.12.28 Tianjin Metro Line 4 Driverless Metro Line 6 Phase II Driverless
2021.12.30 Qingdao Metro Line 1
 
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Beijing beats them all and Shanghai even beats Beijing

On the last day of 2021, City of Beijing opened 9 new subway lines in one day.

12月31日,据北京市重大项目办消息显示今年年底开通9条地铁新线(段),其中包括19号线一期、17号线南段、11号线西段、机场线西延、8号线三期剩余段、14号线剩余段、S1线剩余段、昌平线南延(清河站)、16号线中段(玉渊潭东门站)9条线(段),新增运营里程56.1公里。开通后,北京市轨道交通运营里程将达到783公里。

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Living in China the Beijing Metro is cheap, massive, clean and probably the worlds best​

 

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Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games - high speed train to Zhangjiakou mountain cluster in a snow blizzard​

 

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TIBET : The Train to Lhasa, World's Most Beautiful Railway​

 

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